Sardinia, we're bringing a unicorn
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Nice purchase. But I hope it doesn’t include the lamp. Lamp shade is crooked.
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Congrats!
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Congrats!!! That piano was made in Cincinnati while my dad was their advertising director, so it’s a family connection for me.
@Mik said in Sardinia, we're bringing a unicorn:
Congrats!!! That piano was made in Cincinnati while my dad was their advertising director, so it’s a family connection for me.
i had asked you in my piano thread if you recalled the Cincinnati factory. I guess so!
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I had some intuition about who this man was. I was 100 percent right after I met him. He had 5 9 footers in a huge living room, including a newer Baldwin , i think1996. When i asked about that one, he said that one is his. haha. There was a Estonia 1997 I believe and I sat at that for a while after the baldwin and immediately, said to myself, decent furniture. This was before Dr. Laul (sp?) came in and turned Estonia around. When I was looking over his Baldwin I noticed his had these huge brass double wheel castors on the legs but mine had tiny original casters that didn't look encouraging for when I need to move it around. I had asked if I could throw some brasso on them to shine them up and he insisted do NOT do that to theml. It would gum up their turning ability. As we moved over to the Estonia a bit later he motioned over to a table that had 3 more of these huge castors. He said I could have them. This, after he had just got done telling me that they cost $1500 each. He just gave over $4500 of gear to me! This man is not in it for the profit, he is in it for the love of what he does. And the results of his regulation, voicing work done to my piano made it sublime. everything in perfect order. No squeaks or buzzes anywhere. And when I hit a low octave C forcefully and held it, it was 1 minute before the sound stopped.
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I had some intuition about who this man was. I was 100 percent right after I met him. He had 5 9 footers in a huge living room, including a newer Baldwin , i think1996. When i asked about that one, he said that one is his. haha. There was a Estonia 1997 I believe and I sat at that for a while after the baldwin and immediately, said to myself, decent furniture. This was before Dr. Laul (sp?) came in and turned Estonia around. When I was looking over his Baldwin I noticed his had these huge brass double wheel castors on the legs but mine had tiny original casters that didn't look encouraging for when I need to move it around. I had asked if I could throw some brasso on them to shine them up and he insisted do NOT do that to theml. It would gum up their turning ability. As we moved over to the Estonia a bit later he motioned over to a table that had 3 more of these huge castors. He said I could have them. This, after he had just got done telling me that they cost $1500 each. He just gave over $4500 of gear to me! This man is not in it for the profit, he is in it for the love of what he does. And the results of his regulation, voicing work done to my piano made it sublime. everything in perfect order. No squeaks or buzzes anywhere. And when I hit a low octave C forcefully and held it, it was 1 minute before the sound stopped.
@NobodySock said in Sardinia, we're bringing a unicorn:
And when I hit a low octave C forcefully and held it, it was 1 minute before the sound stopped.
Could have used that minute to fix the lamp.
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@NobodySock said in Sardinia, we're bringing a unicorn:
And when I hit a low octave C forcefully and held it, it was 1 minute before the sound stopped.
Could have used that minute to fix the lamp.
if i had known a lamp askew would draw more attention than this man eating piano, I would have straightened it but that would mean getting dangerously close to its jaws. Ever have a 9 foot piano lid come down on you and start going chomp chomp chomp? I hope the sea voyage calms him. If it doesn't Sardinia certainly will.
